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ITMO Graduate and UbiQD’s Senior Director of Physics Nikolay Makarov: A Scientist’s Interests Must Always Be In Flux
…hink it was one of the best choices one could make back then in terms of education. Later experience demonstrated that we were given exceptional mathematical and computer knowledge, but there was still much to learn about physics. How did your interests end up shifting towards physics? By the second year, I was just no longer interested in pure programming. Tha…
14.05.2020
Schneider Electric Becomes Key Partner of Industrial Cyber-Physical Systems Master's Program
…ompany would’ve helped us formulate the competency requirements and tasks for our future graduates so that our students would be sure that they would be able to apply the knowledge they got, working for companies on the level of Schneider Electric.” Schneider Electric will give special attention to one of the program’s specializations. Its experts are alread…
11.05.2020
Programming Without Programming: How to Build Your Own Bot
… right then and there. This not only eases the entire process of making a purchase, but also contributes to increased client loyalty. The most advanced bots become fully fledged virtual assistants, such as Yandex’s Alisa and Amazon’s Alexa. Bot builders Bots have become such a popular tool that today, it’s hard to envisage a modern service or online sh…
11.05.2020
Lectorium 2.0: How Culture Goes Online
…d. We want to gather artworks and present an exhibition that has no physical counterpart. We’ve also started to collaborate with a local VR studio in order to develop a full-fledged VR exhibition. I guess the only real benefit from museums going digital is that we now cover a wider audience. If before, only citizens of specific towns could go to specific museums, now…
08.05.2020
NTI Olympiad Winner Vsevolod Kosarev: The Best Prize is Knowing Where to Go Next
…ription: it’s got programming and intelligent systems, which are all things I like. What was the qualifying stage like? Was it more focused on theoretical or practical knowledge? The qualifying stage consisted of multiple-choice tests and problems on programming and microcontroller management. Teams of up to four members could participate, but I couldn’t find a…
07.05.2020
What Is Stress and How to Cope With It During Self-Isolation
…ng, noradrenaline helps us complete a task quickly and efficiently. Dopamine is responsible for the feeling of satisfaction. It’s produced when we get new information, knowledge, and skills. Learning satisfies our need for novelty and activates several brain parts at the same time: stem structures and parietal lobe, which are responsible for thinking. Acquiring us…
07.05.2020
Lead Analyst at Mail.ru Group Anatoly Karpov: Statistics are Available to Anyone
…ematics. Sometime around the third year of my studies I took interest in this very field, and started studying statistics and machine learning. It turned out that the knowledge I received at the Faculty of Psychology is a good foundation for working in analytics. It might seem unusual that someone turned to analytics after studying humanities, but it’s quite a no…
07.05.2020
7 Tips for Fighting Stage Fright
…w cool public speaking really is, being a rare chance to tell something to people, and if you’ve been given it, then it means that you are worthy, that people admire your knowledge and respect your opinions. Understand what your presentation is for Give yourself an honest answer: why am I doing this presentation? Is this a chore that I just have to do, or I…
06.05.2020
Founder of CritMouse Podcast Aleksandr Golovin On What’s Wrong With Popular Science Podcasts in Russia
… from vlogs on YouTube? The question of what exactly a podcast is is still open. For example, can an audio track that’s been cut from a YouTube video be considered a full-fledged podcast? And what about talk shows on the radio? Or voiced articles or chapters from a book? In general, podcasts are regular audio shows that are distributed on the internet by means …
04.05.2020
Herzen University and ITMO Specialists Develop a Bot that Helps Prepare for the Unified State Exam in Chemistry
…e bot is ready to be launched, with even more USE tasks. According to the bot’s creators, they managed to create a large database that provides school students with extra knowledge and presents school curriculum materials in a new way. “I write tasks for the Chemistry Bot. Of course, they’re based on the USE patterns because each task is supposed to fit one …
30.04.2020